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J. J. DELOTTER & J. H. SNYDER.

VEHICLE RUNNING GEAR.

No. 302,114. I- Patented July 15,- 1884. n I I UH m In? a GI iii I N IN} 8m Hw 4 n m I. 1..

-securing the hounds'to the tongue.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN J. DELOTTER AND JoHN H. SNYDER, or GOSHEN, INDIANA.

VEHICLE RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,114, dated July 15,1884. Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, "JOHN J. DELOTTER and the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is atop-view of awagon-tongue provided with our improved attachment for Fig. 2 is abottom view of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of theattachment, seen from its upper and lower side; I Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to attachments for wagon-tongues for securingthe hounds to the tongue; and it consists in the improved constructionand combination of parts of a metallic casting, which forms sockets orgrooves for the insertion of the inner end of the tongue and divergingarms, which are hinged or pivoted between the forwardly-projecting endsof the hounds, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the tongue, whichis a plain straight Q pole, preferably squared at its rear end; and

B B indicate the forwardly-projecting ends of the hounds, which arepreferably provided with metallic caps 0, having their inner sides flat.

i '0 indicates the casting, the forward reduced end, D, of which formsupon its under side a flanged groove, F, in which the tongue fits,

and the flanges E, which formthe groove, are braced bymeans oflaterally-projecting webs G.

From the rear ends of the flanges project two an open frame, and theobliquely-projecting flanges forming the flat outer sides of the frame.The rear end of the open. frame of the casting is closed by across-piece, J having re-enforce webs K,connecting the rear ends of thediverging arms, and forming a socket, L, at its middle by means of twolongitudinal downwardly-projecting lips,M,between which the inner end ofthe tongue fits. reduced end of the casting has two verticalperforations,- N N, which extend. through the tongue, and nutted boltsOpass through these perforations, securing the casting upon the Theforward tongue,and the socket or box upon the rear cross-piece of thecasting has a similar perforation, P, through. which passes a nuttedbolt, Q, which secures the rear end of the tongue to the box. The upperside of the reduced forward portion of the casting has a transverse flatweb, R, which has a vertical perforation,

S, which extends through the tongue, and in webs V upon'the inner sidesof the flanges of the arms, and the rod WV, upon which the tongue ishinged between the ends of the hounds, passes through theseperforations,- the flat sides of the divergent flanges of the armssliding against the flat inner sides of the hounds. It will be seen thatwhere this casting is used the tongue may be replaced by a simple pole,fence-rail, or similar rail, if it should be broken, the only toolsnecessary for fitting the pole being a hatchet or ax and an auger, andthat the casting will strengthen the tongue, preventing it frombreaking, and by being cast with there-enforcing websand flanges thegreatest amount of strength will be attained with the smallest possibleweight of metaL' We are aware that castingshavebeen made formed withparallel flanges upon their under sides, forming grooves for thereception of the tongue and hounds of avehicle; and we do not wish toclaim such construction, broadly; but

we arenot aware that such castings have been made with transversestrengthening or wearing webs for the double-tree to rest and rock upon,nor with the strengthening braces or flanges, nor with the oblique ordiverging side flanges, and we therefore claim- 1. The castingconsisting of the forward reduced portion, having the transverse webupon' its upper side, having perforations through it for thesecuring-bolts, and having the downwardly-projeating flanges braced bythe laterally-projecting webs upon its under side, forming alongitudinal groove, the rearwardly-projeeting diverging arms having theflanges forming the flat sides of the arms, the said flanges projectingfrom the rear ends of the flanges of the groove, and forming reenforeedperforations at the sides, and the cross-piece having thedownwardly-projeeting web, and forming the longitudinal socket or box bythe downwardly-projeeting lips, as and for the purpose shown and setforth.

2. The combination of the hounds of a wagon, having the inner sides oftheir forwardly-projecting ends flat, a casting forming a reducedforward portion having a transverse web upon its upper side, and alongitudinal flanged groove at its under side, formingrearwardly-projeeting diverging arms having rein forcing flanges andflat outer sides, and forming a rear cross-piece having a longitudinalbox at the middle of its underside, the groove and the box havingpeforations for fasteningbolis, and the tongue fitting with its rear endin the groove and box of the casting, as and for the purpose shown andset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. DELOT'IER. JOHN IT. SNYDER.

\Vitnessesz.

E. L. BILLINGs, '1. A. GILMORE.

